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At Least 50 Killed In Indian Train Disaster

  At least 50 are dead after a train ploughed into revellers gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India’s northern Punjab state on Friday, … Continue reading At Least 50 Killed In Indian Train Disaster


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Indian train carrying passengers (file picture) Credit: NARINDER NANU / AFP

 

At least 50 are dead after a train ploughed into revellers gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India’s northern Punjab state on Friday, police said.

“There are more than 50 casualties. The priority now is to take the injured to the hospital,” Amritsar city police commissioner S. S. Srivastava told reporters.

AFP